LEGO - Ideas Typewriter 21327

Wow, this was most difficult for me. It took me three times to get all the arms for each letter in its proper place. This is necessary in order to type each letter. So life like that my granddaughter thought it was real and wanted to type a letter! This is a keeper for future generations and investment.

My grandson has been doing Lego since he's been like five he has already done a roller coaster. He has done trucks with the hydraulic lift and he absolutely loves Legos and this is who the gift is for. My grandson would appreciate it if you could let me list him as 10 years old, but I had to lie on the form and say that he was 16 thanks for not keeping this real

As the review title indicates, this build was a blast! Had to really pay attention when installing the gears as the first time it didn't work, but quickly discovered it was user error haha Love how it sounds like a real typewriter after completing. Highly recommend!

This set is incredibly unforgiving. I followed the instructions to a T but for whatever reason, the rod that the buttons are suppose to hit is uneven so none of the buttons are able to function as they should. As I was building the back of the typewriter and was moving but with only the letter A. Now it doesn't work at all. Really frustrating considering the price and how tedious it was to build it. Really wish it worked but just can't figure out what's going on with it.

This typewriter is really remarkable….so why did I give it only one star? …. I wouldn't wish this build on my worst enemy. Let me first say that I've built dozens of Lego sets over the years. Every bird, dragon, plant and flower that Lego offers (could we have more orchids in different colours please). Space ships, Mars Rover, the giant Millennium Falcon (plan to build a coffee table around it). A whole streets worth of buildings on a 10ft shelve, and that is only a sampling of my Lego addiction. I'm not a Lego newbie. But this set took me down. This set caused tears…..and…..I'm not going to lie…..bad words to come out of my mouth on multiple occasions. Why am I weeping and swearing at my Legos you might ask? THE WORST SET OF INSTRUCTIONS I HAVE EVER ENDURED. I always build my Legos from the Lego Build App. For many sets the App offers you a choice between a .pdf of the book or a 3D version of the instructions. Only the .pdf version was offered for this set. As you can guess this build is very intricate and tolerates no mistakes. I found that assembling the smaller sections into the whole was pure guesswork. The angle of the view in the .pdf caused critical information for placement to be covered up by something already built in front of it. Then guesswork causes second guessing, mistakes and back stepping. The whole build was beyond stressful (remember the tears and bad words). I don't know why the 3D version was not offered for this set, or the .pdf could have offered views from a couple different angles instead of one, either would have solved the problems. So here I sit, finally calm now, looking at this really cool typewriter and asking the universal question…… where I'm going to put it. Play Well